Get to know Lockup better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like jail or jailhouse.
Lockup meaning
- A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
- A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
Using Lockup
- The main meaning on this page is: A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells. | A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage. | A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- Useful related words include: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink.
- In the example corpus, lockup often appears in combinations such as: after lockup, the lockup, lockup in.
Context around Lockup
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lockup
- In this selection, "lockup" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ipo, intense, lengthy, innocent, canceled and garage stand out and add context to how "lockup" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lengthy lockup and an intense lockup to open. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lockup" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lockup
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Early lockup, Hanako gets the better of that. (8 words)
An intense lockup to open, and Matt has a size and height advantage. (13 words)
Lockup and Mensah gets a side headlock that he takes to the mat. (13 words)
The shares held by the Selling Shareholder following completion of the Offering shall be subject to a lockup which starts on the date of Admission and ends 180 calendar days thereafter, subject to certain terms and conditions. (37 words)
Danielson breaks clean, back to the lockup, into a test of strength, Bryan converts it to a wristlock, picks a leg, looking for a cross armbar but Okada keeps his hands clasped! (32 words)
On what grounds are pre-trial January 8 Riot suspects being held in the decrepit DC federal lockup without bail on rinky-dink charges two years after the event? (29 words)
Love After Lockup: Innocent After LockupLove After Lockup: Innocent After Lockup: canceled or renewed? (14 words)
On what grounds are pre-trial January 8 Riot suspects being held in the decrepit DC federal lockup without bail on rinky-dink charges two years after the event? (29 words)
Danielson breaks clean, back to the lockup, into a test of strength, Bryan converts it to a wristlock, picks a leg, looking for a cross armbar but Okada keeps his hands clasped! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Love After Lockup: Innocent After LockupLove After Lockup: Innocent After Lockup: canceled or renewed?
An intense lockup to open, and Matt has a size and height advantage.
Back up and Gresham stalls before Bailey goads him and they go back into the lockup.
Joynomi and Redd ended Love After Lockup in a state of uncertainty as Redd had been hiding his secret infidelity.
Lockup and Mensah gets a side headlock that he takes to the mat.
Moriarty wanted Braveheart — charged with first-degree aggravated robbery and aiding and abetting second-degree murder — to be spared a lengthy lockup.
Nationwide understands 8 inmates have escaped from the Black River Police lockup in St. Elizabeth.
On what grounds are pre-trial January 8 Riot suspects being held in the decrepit DC federal lockup without bail on rinky-dink charges two years after the event?
Swerve and Punk kick this one off with a lockup as Swerve sends him to the corner.
The 43-year-old male was transported to the lockup to will attend court in the morning.
The popular prison-based reality series Love After Lockup is not always what meets the eye, and there are some pretty fake aspects of the show.
The property also features a separate laundry with an additional powder room, as well as a secure, double lockup garage.
The shares held by the Selling Shareholder following completion of the Offering shall be subject to a lockup which starts on the date of Admission and ends 180 calendar days thereafter, subject to certain terms and conditions.
A second potential cause for the stock-price sink is that Reddit’s post-IPO lockup period ends Friday.
Bingham, 45, was detained Thursday afternoon at his Twentynine Palms home and booked at around 1 p.m. in county lockup.
Circle and lockup, Rizzo with a shot but gets knocked down and stomped in the corner.
Danielson breaks clean, back to the lockup, into a test of strength, Bryan converts it to a wristlock, picks a leg, looking for a cross armbar but Okada keeps his hands clasped!
Early lockup, Hanako gets the better of that.
IPO lockup periods expire for blocks of shares of Warrantee (), Cadrenal Therapeutics (), and ParaZero Technologies ().
Lockup and Ridge with the headlock, he’s shot into the ropes and runs Bubba over.
Common combinations with lockup
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- after lockup 15×
- the lockup 8×
- lockup in 6×
- lockup and 4×
- federal lockup 3×
- lockup is 3×
- to lockup 3×
- lockup period 3×
- lockup shops 3×
- lockup on 3×